Please pray

A really good friend and coworker of mine, Christina Brown had her baby yesterday at 3:52. Jackson Parker and he weighed in at 7lbs 9 oz. They had to induce labor a few weeks early because of preeclampsia and Christina struggling with high blood pressure. Jackson's lungs were not quite developed, so they he is on CPAP, catheder, and taking steroid shots. Scott and Christina have waited for this baby after having a miscarriage a year and a half ago. They really haven't gotten to hold Jackson since his delivery. Jackson's outlook looks good, but this is a very scarey time for mommy and daddy. Please lift them up in prayer and lift sweet Baby Jackson up in prayer. Thanks!!!

Christmas Time!

Christmas Time!

The only thing that is more than Christmas with one little boy is Christmas with 2!!!! Last year Carter really didn't have any idea what was going on or what we were doing, but this year he DID! I don't know who had more fun him or Ian. We have celebrated Christmas 5 different times! We celebrated with my mom's side of the family the weekend before Christmas, Dad and Jannie on Christmas Eve, our house on Christmas day, Jeremy's mom house the weekend after Christmas, and we are having Christmas with mom today on New Years day! The boys are so excited because they have yet another round of toys to open today! Lucky me that means more boxes, more batteries, and more wrapping paper to pick up! We have been so blessed this holiday season and we have enjoyed seeing all our family and friends. I am putting a few pics of the highlights of our Christmas. You will see that Santa was VERY good to the boys this year and I think they both got everything they asked and then some! Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!!!! and a Happy New Year!!!!

I can remember....

I can remember before I had my kiddos I had time to make homemade Christmas cards, fuss with all the wrapping on each and every present, bake loads of Christmas goodies and then one day we had kids and guess what I hardly have time to get dinner cooked! It is amazing to me how fast the days go by and when I do get a moment to myself I really just want to sit down kick my feet up and relax! Not that it happens often! You know I let this stress me out at first, but I know these years will pass all too fast so for now forget the baking, the cute cards, and all the fancy wrapping. I am going to seize the moment and enjoy each and every one of them. Jeremy and I decided the other night that we can have fancy homemade sugar cookies when our kids are grown! Happy Holidays!

Gingivostomatitis ever heard of it?.....it's miserable!

Well Carter has had a rough last 7 days. We found out last Saturday that he had the chicken pox.. It was absolutely miserable. The picture above is of him watching Barney(aka Bawkey!), but wanting to go somewhere(hence the shoes!). You can see where I marked his chicken pox with a black sharpie, so that I could make sure that is what it really was! As you can see from the picture they were definitely multiplying! However in the midst of that he began to get very fussy and nothing would settle him down. By Monday night he was running a temp of about 103 and it has stuck all week long. On Friday we went back to the dr to try and figure out why he is constantly screaming and running the high fever. I had noticed a few places in his mouth, but in the beginning attributed them to the chicken pox however when we laid him down and the pediatrician and I looked in his mouth, there were sores everywhere. I don't mean little small sores I mean big pussy sores that look like the worst things I have ever seen. Apparently they are on his mouth, tongue, gums, tonsils, etc. He is absolutely miserable and is still crying constantly. He doesn't want to eat or drink anything, so we are having to really push liquids so that he doesn't get dehydrated. I can honestly say that this is the absolute worst thing he has ever had. I think I would rather him have the flu, ear infection, strep throat all at the same time instead of this. Everything he puts in his mouth hurts and/or burns. There is no way to give him any relief at all. We have probably gotten 2 hours of sleep in the past 3 days. When we left the pediatrician's office yesterday I just sat in my car and cried. I mean it breaks my heart to see all those sores in his mouth because now it is so clear how miserable he truly is. Luckily my mom was able to come back last night, she intended to give me some relief however he wants nothing to do with anyone except his momma. However just some company at night when he is screaming bloody murder is help.
Ian is gone this weekend with his Papaw and Tata to St. Louis. I am so glad because it has been miserable here and he deserves to get away and have some fun. Last I heard he was sitting in Busch Stadium rooting on the Cardinals. Unfortunately they lost, but he is still having a blast! Tomorrow he is planning to go up in the arch and he is so excited!
We are going to see how Carter is tomorrow. If he is still running a high fever and screaming we are thinking we may have to take him to the emergency room to get him more relief than we can give him.

I'm getting there!

Ok I have made some progress! I will try to add new pictures tomorrow. I will be home for the next 2 or 3 days because Carter has the chicken pox, so needless to say I should be able to get my blog updated! I still can't believe he has managed to get the chicken pox, but I swear if that boy looks at a germ, he manages to pick up and get whatever it is. So we are doing lots of oatmeal baths and spreading calamine all over his spots. Luckily it is a 3 day weekend, so I am thankful for that! I promise to try to update my pictures tomorrow. I am just happy my blog looks prettier!!!

To blog or not to blog????

Ok I am still not doing great at this blogging thing! I have tried and tried! But I decided today after finding some great friends of mine that have blogs I am going to give it another go. My first priority is going to be figuring out how to update my blog with a cuter skin. I have no idea but I am going to give it a go tomorrow. Jeremy and Ian are going 4 wheeling tomorrow, so hopefully I can get Carter to take a good nap. So bear with me I am going to try......AGAIN!!!!